As the nation observes Black History Month, there is a continued need for legislative change to protect vulnerable patients ...

Physicians caring for adopted or foster children should be aware of the use of coercive restraint therapy (CRT) practices by parents and mental health practitioners. CRT is defined as a mental ...

mechanical restraint or both. More than half of the incidents occurred in an emergency department. Recommendation 54 of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System proposed the ...

These occurrences are used as justifications for seclusion and, very rarely, for the use of mechanical restraint if repeat episodes ... The reasons why children and young people with mental health ...

The Walker teenager's family want to see legal changes to guidelines for the use of "restrictive restraints" on mental health wards. These can involve a patient being physically or chemically ...